Will Maiden
@willmaiden.dev
🎮 Video Game Designer
📣 Big into Sci-Fi, comic books, spy and noir stories, Board Games, TTRPGs and probably a bunch of other things
🌎 Stockholm, Sweden
💼 chiefrebel.com
🚻 He/Him
🌐 https://linktr.ee/willmaiden
📣 Big into Sci-Fi, comic books, spy and noir stories, Board Games, TTRPGs and probably a bunch of other things
🌎 Stockholm, Sweden
💼 chiefrebel.com
🚻 He/Him
🌐 https://linktr.ee/willmaiden
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Will Maiden
@willmaiden.dev
· Oct 20
Hi, I'm Will.
I've been a game designer since 2006, working on the MotorStorm series and Drive Club at Evolution.
I did a few years on Star Citizen before relocating to Sweden to work at Avalanche on Generation Zero, Second Extinction, and Ravenbound.
Now I'm at Chief Rebel on Fellowship.
I've been a game designer since 2006, working on the MotorStorm series and Drive Club at Evolution.
I did a few years on Star Citizen before relocating to Sweden to work at Avalanche on Generation Zero, Second Extinction, and Ravenbound.
Now I'm at Chief Rebel on Fellowship.
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Man Who Thought Fleetwood Mac’s ‘The Chain’ Was Over In For Thrill Of His Fucking Life https://theonion.com/man-who-thought-fleetwood-macs-the-chain-was-over-in-for-thrill-of-his-fucking-life/
November 24, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Man Who Thought Fleetwood Mac’s ‘The Chain’ Was Over In For Thrill Of His Fucking Life https://theonion.com/man-who-thought-fleetwood-macs-the-chain-was-over-in-for-thrill-of-his-fucking-life/
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While on tour promoting 'Wake Up Dead Man', Rian Johnson goes off on AI for “making everything worse in every single way.” bit.ly/47UBPfH
November 22, 2025 at 2:00 AM
While on tour promoting 'Wake Up Dead Man', Rian Johnson goes off on AI for “making everything worse in every single way.” bit.ly/47UBPfH
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A building filled with dreamers.
My favourite thing about the Xbox 360, 20 years on? It did something no other console has managed since.
www.eurogamer.net/a-building-f...
My favourite thing about the Xbox 360, 20 years on? It did something no other console has managed since.
www.eurogamer.net/a-building-f...
November 22, 2025 at 11:19 AM
A building filled with dreamers.
My favourite thing about the Xbox 360, 20 years on? It did something no other console has managed since.
www.eurogamer.net/a-building-f...
My favourite thing about the Xbox 360, 20 years on? It did something no other console has managed since.
www.eurogamer.net/a-building-f...
I always thought when you are looking to attract investors, the goal was to 'increase' your valuation, not absolutely tank it through shit like this. But what do I know?
Ubisoft boss believes generative AI is as big a revolution for games as the shift to 3D, as tech is embraced company-wide
www.eurogamer.net/ubisoft-boss...
www.eurogamer.net/ubisoft-boss...
November 21, 2025 at 12:54 PM
I always thought when you are looking to attract investors, the goal was to 'increase' your valuation, not absolutely tank it through shit like this. But what do I know?
Watched 'Eddington' last night. Terrifying to be resubmurged in covid-era paranoia and conspiracy theories. More terrifying to return ot the real world and see we're still suffering through the latest iteration of the same lunacy.
November 21, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Watched 'Eddington' last night. Terrifying to be resubmurged in covid-era paranoia and conspiracy theories. More terrifying to return ot the real world and see we're still suffering through the latest iteration of the same lunacy.
No company will be immune if "the Dot Com bubble pops", "the housing bubble pops", "the AI bubble pops"
Weirdly though, those bubbles do end up popping. I guess that's the nature of bubbles. Maybe stop building your companies on top of a bubble?
Weirdly though, those bubbles do end up popping. I guess that's the nature of bubbles. Maybe stop building your companies on top of a bubble?
Google boss Sundar Pichai warns 'no company immune' if AI bubble bursts
Speaking exclusively to BBC News, CEO Sundar Pichai said the artificial intelligence boom had been an "extraordinary moment", but there was some "irrationality" in it.
www.bbc.com
November 18, 2025 at 8:42 AM
No company will be immune if "the Dot Com bubble pops", "the housing bubble pops", "the AI bubble pops"
Weirdly though, those bubbles do end up popping. I guess that's the nature of bubbles. Maybe stop building your companies on top of a bubble?
Weirdly though, those bubbles do end up popping. I guess that's the nature of bubbles. Maybe stop building your companies on top of a bubble?
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When I encounter myself as a different colored cursor because I have the Google Doc open in two tabs
December 21, 2023 at 10:09 PM
When I encounter myself as a different colored cursor because I have the Google Doc open in two tabs
Sad to not be in the UK this weekend for this. But if you love comics and can get to Harrogate, this is an incredible day out.
Thought Bubble Comic Convention is TODAY!!
We are open from 10am - 6pm, head to Entrance 4 or 5 at Harrogate Convention Centre.
Get your tickets online: thoughtbubblefestival.com/tickets
We are open from 10am - 6pm, head to Entrance 4 or 5 at Harrogate Convention Centre.
Get your tickets online: thoughtbubblefestival.com/tickets
November 15, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Sad to not be in the UK this weekend for this. But if you love comics and can get to Harrogate, this is an incredible day out.
This is how you pitch a game to me. Wishlisted from this skeet alone.
Exclusive: RetroSpace is a sci-fi horror game inspired by System Shock 2, Deus Ex, and Prey that immersive sim sickos should keep an eye on. Game Informer has an exclusive gameplay trailer and new details about why: gameinformer.com/exclusive-in...
November 13, 2025 at 4:05 PM
This is how you pitch a game to me. Wishlisted from this skeet alone.
Nature is healing.
Funko Pop Sounds Like It's In Serious Trouble With Massive Debt
The collectibles company is crashing out
kotaku.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Nature is healing.
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Happy There Is A Circulatory System Walking Through The Kitchen Day to all who celebrate.
November 10, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Happy There Is A Circulatory System Walking Through The Kitchen Day to all who celebrate.
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David: *plays a secret chord*
The Lord:
The Lord:
November 6, 2025 at 8:46 PM
David: *plays a secret chord*
The Lord:
The Lord:
You can't fool me, this is a @coldwarsteve.bsky.social masterpiece.
incredible photo that's definitely worth at least 1,000 words from Andrew Harnik of Getty
November 6, 2025 at 6:36 PM
You can't fool me, this is a @coldwarsteve.bsky.social masterpiece.
Shit!
Everything about making video games is harder than you think.
November 6, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Shit!
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Predator: Badlands was good! It's not Prey-level, but a fun adventure with more than a few jokes and a real shot in the arm about what the franchise could be.
November 6, 2025 at 7:01 AM
Predator: Badlands was good! It's not Prey-level, but a fun adventure with more than a few jokes and a real shot in the arm about what the franchise could be.
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Hell yeah quoting Spider-Man 2, this is a true New Yorker
Trump: "Hear me, President Trump, when I say this: to get to any of us, you will have to get through all of us."
November 5, 2025 at 4:56 AM
Hell yeah quoting Spider-Man 2, this is a true New Yorker
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“No hell is hot enough or eternal enough for Dick Cheney.”
All day, many of you have been asking for a Cheney obituary from me. Get ready:
His Works Completed, Dick Cheney, Mass Murderer of Iraqis and American Democracy, Dies
As much as the Trumpists claim to disavow the War on Terror, they walk a path paved by the most powerful vice president in U.S. history.
www.thenation.com
November 4, 2025 at 6:26 PM
“No hell is hot enough or eternal enough for Dick Cheney.”
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New York is a-changin'.
November 3, 2025 at 9:59 PM
New York is a-changin'.
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I am not ready for any of this
October 31, 2025 at 4:35 PM
I am not ready for any of this
On my third day of hiccuping now. Sweden's digital appointment booking system has nothing for hiccups so I can't even talk to an AI doctor to get an appointment. This shit blows.
October 29, 2025 at 2:42 PM
On my third day of hiccuping now. Sweden's digital appointment booking system has nothing for hiccups so I can't even talk to an AI doctor to get an appointment. This shit blows.
Who could have possibly forseen that?
Grokipedia is racist, transphobic, and loves Elon Musk
Grokipedia is racist, transphobic, and loves Elon Musk
xAI’s version of Wikipedia, Grokipedia, frames the world’s history from Elon Musk’s perspective.
buff.ly
October 29, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Who could have possibly forseen that?
Finally getting around to starting 'Human Error Processor' after a re-read of The Ghost in the Shell and MAN that is some derpy cover-art. Every time I pick the book up I just want to put it down again because of haw awkward everyone looks on it.
October 29, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Finally getting around to starting 'Human Error Processor' after a re-read of The Ghost in the Shell and MAN that is some derpy cover-art. Every time I pick the book up I just want to put it down again because of haw awkward everyone looks on it.